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The Design Evolution of Mailboxes
For most of the 20th century, U.S. mailboxes looked like this: They hewed to the principle of good design and form follows function. As with the USPS' blue mail deposit boxes, the top is rounded to shed water. The classic mailbox is made of galvanized steel, which
Even still, in the mid-2010s the USPS realized the nature of mail was changing, as letters decreased and e-commerce-driven packages increased. I find these ugly as the plastic, lacking steel's properties, requires that reveals and surface changes be molded into it for structural purposes. Some of these column mailboxes make use of the extra space for packages and provide a lockable compartment.
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